In the heat of battle, time flew by. Soon, it was midnight, with just 24 hours remaining until the end of the second phase.
The outer walls of both fortresses had been breached, but the battle was far from over. Instead, it had only grown more intense.
The paths inside the fortresses were a complex network, and the buildings were made of the same material as the walls, as if cast from a single mold.
Unlike in other territories they'd conquered, the soldiers of the Northern Expedition Legion who stormed the fortresses couldn't simply demolish the buildings to disable the traps and mechanisms within.
They could only advance step by step under the defenders' constant attacks, and with every step, countless soldiers of the Northern Expedition fell, never to rise again.
